ENGLISH -the WORLD LANGUAGE is a language that came from nowhere to Conquer the World an unknown author

English – a mother tongue The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United States of America Canada Australia New Zealand

English - an official or semiofficial language South America Africa South-eastern Asia The former British colonies, nowadays Members of the British Commonwealth

English - an international language The UN (United Nations Organization, New York, USA) International events (political, scientific,cultural,sport etc.)

English –a foreign language Schools colleges universities courses

Lingua franca Ancient world Latin a dead language In science (biology, medicine) XXIst century English A modern language

Approximate 2007 figures World population 6.5 billion people People speaking English as a first language 350,000,000 People who often use English as an extra language 300,000,000 (some experts say 1,000,000,000)

official/semiofficial international foreign modern widespread English in the world a mother tongue official/semiofficial international foreign modern widespread

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English - an international language German French Chinese English Vocabulary Danish Italian Norwegian Persian Arabic

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Why Learn English? It is a subject in the curriculum To study at a university/college To study/ work or live abroad To get a better job in the future To do business To read books, magazines and newspapers in English To understand films and songs in English To travel abroad To communicate with people of the world It is a chance to meet new people and friends

Homework P.152.ex 2. Read the text, write out all the new words and phrases, find other reasons of popularity of English in the world.

Learning English has a beginning but no end H. Palmer English language methodologist